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(i) MR. PALMER'S books on the application of elementary mathematics to commerce and industry are a welcome addition to the literature on the subject. His “Short Course” is a brief account of the most important arithmetical methods and processes required in commerce. Those who know Palmer and Stevenson's “Commercial Arithmetic and Accounts” will expect to find the new volume useful and interesting, and they will not be disappointed. There is a touch of real life about most of the chapters, especially that on “The Home Trade”: one only misses the Public Receiver and the creditors' meeting. But are contracted methods really used in commercial life?
(1) A Short Course in Commercial Arithmetic and Accounts.
By A. Risdon Palmer. (Mathematical Series for Schools and Colleges.) Pp. x + 171 + xv. (London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.) 2s. 6d.
(2) The Use of Graphs in Commerce and Industry.
By A. Risdon Palmer. (Handbooks of Commerce and Finance.) Pp. ix + 47. (London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.) 2s. net.
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BRODETSKY, S. (1) A Short Course in Commercial Arithmetic and Accounts (2) The Use of Graphs in Commerce and Industry. Nature 109, 644 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109644c0
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